CCCP-L2484

On February 22, 1942 at 03:45 AM, CCCP-L2484 experienced a crash involving Tupolev ANT-35 (ANT-35bis & PS-35), operated by Aeroflot - Russian International Airlines, with the event recorded near Voronezh Voronezh oblast.

The flight was categorized as ambulance and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a plain, valley crash site.

4 people were known to be on board, 1 fatalities were recorded, 3 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 25.0%.

Crew on board: 4, crew fatalities: 1, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. The crew was engaged in an urgent mission from a temporary airfield located by the sovkhoz of Krasny Oktyabr, in the region of Voronezh, on behalf of the Political Directorate of the South-Western Front. After takeoff, the aircraft hit trees and crashed. The captain was killed while three other occupants were injured, two of them seriously.

Aircraft reference details include registration CCCP-L2484, year of manufacture 1940.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 51.3664°, 42.0759°.